Take a look at the installation method from USB stick using Windows XP. Why the hell do people keep using this crap?
THERE'S NO MICROSOFT-ENDORSED WAY TO INSTALL XP FROM USB?!
All the third-party utilities mash together the same core set of utilities using batch files. None of them are aware of Vista and later's administrator requirements. None of them work, and they're all excessively complicated.
Compare this to Ubuntu, which provides USB image files, and ISOs for installation from USB or CD/DVD. There are "single-click" applications that prepare your installation media for all operating systems.
I never made it this far, but it appears Microsoft acknowledges USB installs or install-froms for Windows 7, I can't tell. Won't this require a USB stick with OVER 4GB capacity? Ubuntu requires 700MB. There are smaller Linux installers (with full USB compatibility again), that only require 40-80MB.
Monday 24 January 2011
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